Yvonne Buckley

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A swarm of bees in Castleknock, Dublin 15. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times.
To tackle the biodiversity, climate and farm income crises, we need to farm with nature

Policy decisions over the next 12 months are crucial for Ireland’s rural landscapes. The development of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic(...)

New RIA members (from left): Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe, Olivia O’Leary and Diarmaid Ferriter. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Royal Irish Academy to establish a new academy for leading young researchers

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is to establish a new academy for Ireland’s leading young researchers in the sciences and humanities. It will provide (...)

Hiring a maternity nurse: expensive luxury or worthwhile necessity?

In her latest movie Tully, the normally glacial Charlize Theron plays a new mother driven to distraction by lack of sleep, support and sanity. In an (...)

A National Biodiversity Action Plan for the period 2017-2021 was launched by Ciaran O’Keeffe, Prof Yvonne Buckley, Minister for Heritage Heather Humphreys TD and Matthew Jebb at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. Photograph: Maxwells
90% of Ireland’s protected habitats in ‘bad condition’

More than 90 per cent of Ireland’s protected habitats, such as grasslands and peatlands, are in “bad or inadequate condition”, according to a major bi(...)